وَرَدت إِليّ مِن المُحب قَصيدةٌ

فَتنزهت بِسماعها أَفكاري

A poem came to me from my beloved

So my thoughts were purified when I heard it

وَكَأَنَّها رَوض نَضير يانع

زاهي الأَزاهر طَيِّبُ الأَثمار

As if it were a lush garden

Blooming with flowers, fragrant with fruit

أَغنى عَن القمرين مَطلعُها كَما

أَغنى مَحيّاكم عَن الأَقمار

Its beginning made the two moons unnecessary

Just as your greetings make moons unnecessary

مَدّت بِها أَيدي الهَنا فَحسبتها

أَيدي النَديم بِها كؤس عقار

It was delivered by hands of joy so I thought

Those hands held a cup of wine

فَقبِلتها وَسكرت مِن أَلفاظها

وَشَكرت قائل هَذِهِ الأَشعار

I kissed it and got drunk on its words

Thanking the one who crafted these verses

يا اِبن السَعيد وَمَن هُو النَجل الَّذي

عَنهُ أَتانا طَيب الأَخبار

Oh son of Sa’eed, and who is that boy

Who brought us good tidings about him?

اهنأ بنيشان لوالدكم كَما

هنأتني يا خيرة الأَخيار

Congratulations on your newborn as you

Congratulations to me, the best of the best

وَلَسوفَ يَرقى لِلمَعالي قَدرُكُم

وَالشبل يَبقى مثل لَيث ضار

Your station will surely rise to glory

For the cub remains like a vicious lion

فَعَليك مني أَلفُ أَلفِ تَحيةٍ

وَمِن المُحب محمد النَجار

A thousand thousand greetings to you from me

And from the loving Muhammad al-Najjar